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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Severo and Beneditx debate?

2. What does Palinor ask Dolca to do?

3. Who is there to greet Severo when he returns to the Cuidad?

4. How do they get Amara cleaned up?

5. What does Beneditx say can be seen in the eyes of a newborn?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Palinor travel to find help and what does the prefect observe about him?

2. Who rescues Palinor and how did they do it?

3. Where is Palinor staying in Cuidad and what does Beneditx do about Palinor?

4. What does Palinor tell Beneditx about his view of the truth?

5. What does Joffre tell Palinor about Dolca?

6. What does Severo tell the nuns about Amara's suffering?

7. When a man comes up to Amara and Josefa as they cut nettles what does he tell them?

8. Who is waiting for Severo when he returns home?

9. What happens when Dolca comes into Palinor's room on an errand?

10. What is the creature, the nervados, tracked doing when they see it and what happens in the first few minutes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

While Taddeo and Margalida break no laws, their heartless treatment of Josefa brings up questions of what is the true nature of Christian love, especially between a parent and a child.

1. Explain why you agree or disagree with the statement above.

2. Do you think just because someone claims to be religious it automatically makes them a good person? Why or why not?

3. Do you think Taddeo and Margalida's treatment of Josefa is abusive? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

The abbess, like Beneditx, has lived a life cut off from the real world and doesn't encounter sins such as murder and bestiality. The murder was so uneventful to Amara, who grew up in world where killing was often frequent and necessary to eat, that she doesn't even remember why she murdered her sister.

1. Do you think someone like the abbess so cut off from reality is a good person to deal with Amara? Why or why not?

2. Why do you think the murder of her sister doesn't bother Amara?

3. Do you think Amara should be found guilty of murder? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

The fiery scene that Palinor encounters, as he enters Ciudad, represents Palinor's fear of dying by fire, and his fate in hell that religious leaders believe awaits unrepentant heretics. Fire is the one connection that Palinor shares with his religious adversaries and the only thing Palinor seems to be afraid of.

1. Discuss the symbolism surrounding the scene when Palinor rides into Ciudad.

2. Discuss in detail what kind of man do you think Fra Murta is that he would have the people out on the streets with torches for Palinor to see.

3. Why is Palinor's fear of dying by fire reasonable?

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